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Tunisian presidential candidate jailed for using fraudulent certificate

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With just days to Tunisiaโ€™s presidential election, Ayachi Zammel, one of the candidates, has been sentenced to six months in prison for using a fraudulent certificate.

The Criminal Chamber of the Jendouba Court of First Instance issued the sentence, according to Tunisia’s TAP news agency.

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Zammel, who had already been sentenced to 20 months for falsifying popular endorsement documents, faces these charges after being accused of deliberately using fraudulent documentation. He was initially arrested on September 2 for allegedly falsifying signatures needed to contest the presidency but was released four days later. However, he was rearrested on similar charges.

Abdessattar Massoudi, Zammelโ€™s lawyer, dismissed the courtโ€™s ruling, calling it a calculated move to undermine his clientโ€™s candidacy. โ€œIt is another unjust ruling and a farce that clearly aims to weaken him in the election race, but we will defend his right to the last minute,โ€ Massoudi told Reuters.

The ruling comes just days before Tunisiaโ€™s presidential election, scheduled for October 6.

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